Cabombaceae
Cabomba

Cabomba aquatica Aubl.

First published in Hist. Pl. Guiane 1: 321 (1775)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Tropical America. It is a hydrosubshrub and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Bolivia, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Colombia, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela

Introduced into:

Bangladesh, Malaya

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. MIM, Deurne.
  • Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Database in ACCESS: 1-216203. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Hokche, O., Berry, P.E. & Huber, O. (eds.) (2008). Nuevo Catálogo de la Flora Vascular de Venezuela: 1-859. Fundación Instituto Botánico de Venezuela.
  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Siti-Munirah, M.Y. & Chew, M.Y. (2010). Cabombaceae, a new family record for Peninsular Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 62: 241-248.
  • de Moura Júnior, E.G. & al. (2015). Updated checklist of aquatic macrophytes from Northern Brazil. Acta Amazonica 45: 111-132.

Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Pasha, M.K. & Uddin, S.B. (2013). Dictionary of plant names of Bangladesh, Vasc. Pl.: 1-434. Janokalyan Prokashani, Chittagong, Bangladesh.
  • Siti-Munirah, M.Y. & Chew, M.Y. (2010). Cabombaceae, a new family record for Peninsular Malaysia. Malayan Nature Journal 62: 241-248.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 3, 2013 s.coll. [s.n.] K000887330 Yes
Jan 3, 2013 Mexia, Y.E.J. [5966] Brazil K000887322 Yes
Jan 3, 2013 Gardner [725] Brazil K000887318 Yes
Dec 1, 2002 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [54519] Brazil K000887314 Yes
Dec 1, 2002 Harley, R.M.; Giulietti, A.M. [54519] Brazil K000887315 Yes
Jul 17, 1980 Burchell [9547] Brazil K000887321 Yes
Jul 17, 1980 Traill, J.W.H. [15] Brazil K000887324 Yes
Gardner [2478] Brazil K000220409 Type Yes
Philcox [4636] Brazil K:SPC-07405.000 No
Spruce, R. [s.n.] Brazil K000887317 Yes
Pires, J.M.; Cavalcante, P.B. [52470] Brazil K000887319 Yes
Gardner [1235] Brazil K000887316 Yes
Lowe, J. [4039] Brazil K000887323 Yes
Murça, J.; Cavalcante, P.B. [52470] Brazil K000887320 Yes
Beauvois, P. [s.n.] K000887329 Yes
Miers, J. [4083] Brazil K000879791 Yes
Gardner [725] Brazil K000887326 Yes
unknown [311] Brazil K000220410 Unknown Type Material Yes
Gardner [2478] Brazil K000220408 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Neotropikey

    • Milliken, W., Klitgard, B. and Baracat, A. (2009 onwards), Neotropikey - Interactive key and information resources for flowering plants of the Neotropics.
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0